1980-1984 FAVORITE FIGHTERS

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  1. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. Frank Fletcher
    2. Roberto Duran
    3. Mustafa Hamsho
    4. Lupe Pintor
    5. Bazooka Limon
    6. Larry Holmes
    7. Matthew Saad Muhammad/Eusebio Pedroza
    8. Ray Mancini
    9. Cornelious Boza-Edwards
    10. Alexis Arguello

    Golden era! From mid 1984 on in the 80s boxing went downhill. Less reg. Tv. All big fights on HBO. MAGS CLOSING SHOP. BUT FOR 80-84. VALHALLA. THESE WERE MY TOP 10.11.
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    1. Tommy Hearns
    2. Marvin Johnson
    3. Bobby Chacon
    4. Saad Muhammad
    5. Roberto Duran
    6. Larry Holmes
    7. Marvin Hagler
    8. Michael Spinks
    9. Dwight Muhammad Qawi
    10. Salvador Sanchez

    I would've put Pernell Whitaker, but given that he only had one fight between 1980-84 and it was his debut in November 84, I don't think he counts. Similarly with Ali and Danny Lopez, only 2 fights in that time period and neither anywhere close to his best.
     
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    1. Salvador Sanchez (my favourite fighter ever)
    2. Roberto Duran
    3. Dwight Braxton / Qawi
    4. Jung Koo Chang
    5. Lupe Pintor
    6. Marvin Hagler
    7. Ray Mancini
    8. Wilfredo Benitez
    9. Bobby Chacon
    10. Jiro Watanabe

    Honourable mentions: Johnny Owen, Duk Koo Kim, Wilfredo Gomez, Carlos Zarate, Mike Tyson, Alan Minter, Rocky Kelly.

    Too many to name even for 4 years. 80s were special for Boxing.
     
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  4. PhillyPhan69

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    Pretty small window to work with but since these are my teen years

    1 Azumah Nelson
    2 Saad Muhammad
    3 Jeff Chandler
    4 Frank Fletcher
    5 Curtis Parker
    6 Pedroza
    7 Arguello
    8 Sanchez
    9 Rosario
    10 Minter
     
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  5. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Guys that summed up era and are indelibly imprinted on false 80s memories (as they are retrospective choices, not ones I was around to follow):
    Thomas Hearns
    Aaron Pryor
    Ray Mancini
    Bobby Chacon
    Alexis Arguello
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Sal Sanchez
    Jeff Chandler
    Cornelius Boza Edwards
    Roberto Duran
     
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    Alexis Arguello
    Salvador Sanchez
    Roberto Duran
    Jung Koo Chang
    Dwight Muhammad Qawi
    Carlos Zarate
    Donald Curry
    Edwin Rosario
    Hilario Zapata
    Marvin Hagler
     
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  7. The Undefeated Lachbuster

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    Does it have to be people who peaked in '80-'84 or just anyone who fought then? If the latter, then:

    1. Marvin Hagler
    2. Julian Jackson
    3. Vito Antuofermo
    4. Randall Tex Cobb
    5. Bobby Chacon
     
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    1 Larry Holmes
    2 Alexis Arguello
    3 Duran
    4 Marvin Hagler
    5 Matt Franklin
    6 Tommy Hearns
    7 Ray Mancini
    8 Eusebio Pedroza
    9 Dwight Braxton
    10 Bobby Chacon/Boza Edward's tied
     
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  9. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Excellent!
     
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    Bump
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    God this has changed. :lol:

    #10. Jung Koo Chang
    #9. Bobby Chacón
    #8. Alexis Argüello
    #7. Michael Spinks
    #6. Cornelius Boza Edwards
    #5. Eusebio Pedroza
    #4. Roberto Durán
    #3. Mathew Saad Muhammad
    #2. Tommy Hearns
    #1. Marvin Johnson
     
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    Although Ali technically fought in this time I won't include it since he was suffering from parkinsons.

    Hagler, Sanchez, Hearns, Duran, Leonard, Pryor, & Holmes are my favorites from this time. John Conteh fought in 1980.

    Frazier fought in '81.
     
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  13. ChrisJS

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    Specifically for that time frame:-

    1. Salvador Sanchez
    2. Marvin Hagler
    3. Wilfredo Gomez
    4. Alexis Arguello
    5. Matthew Saad Muhammad
    6. Danny Lopez (basically 80 was his last year)
    7. Bobby Chacon
    8. Aaron Pryor
    9. Edwin Rosario
    10. Larry Holmes
     
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    Zarate retired in 79.
     
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    1. Roughhouse Fischer from Dayton. All-time boxing underdog hero
    2. James "Superman" Scott
    3. Pipino Cuevas
    4. Bobby Chacon
    5. Mike Weaver
    (Honorable Mention): Slammin' Sammy NeSmith
     
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